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The Cuban Missile Crisis brought super-powers to nuclear brink
A thirteen-day confrontation in 1962 resolved Soviet missile placement in Cuba
In October 1962, American reconnaissance flights discovered Soviet nuclear ballistic missile launch sites under construction in Cuba. During thirteen intense days, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev negotiated a resolution, resulting in Soviet missile withdrawal in exchange for American pledges not to invade Cuba.
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